Could I be better than my mistakes?

You know the feeling when you want to ignore the world around you because of just how bad you feel about yourself? Or the feeling that kills you inside when you're just putting on that beautiful fake smile so you don't have to explain why you're acting 'off' since you're not quite sure yourself. Mistakes make us unhappy, naturally. That's called being human. But are they worth beating ourselves up for?

Not really..

Our problems are divided into two circles - One that includes what's in our control and the other that includes what isn't. Let me state an example. Say you're getting the results back tomorrow for an enormously important exam you gave a month ago. You really just have two options. You can either worry about it all day, waste your time and ruin your vibe for something you can't change. Or you could brush it off, know that it's not in your control, and utilize your day doing what makes you happy. Now whichever option you pick, it doesn't change the exam result even a tiny bit, does it?

The point is, that whether you focus on what's in your control or what isn't, the outcome at the end of the day will stay the same. Now I hope this isn't too hard of a question but would you rather spend time happily, or sulking, only to achieve the same thing?

If we try to control what isn't in our hands, we're always going to be let down. It is a very important skill to only worry about what we can change. Self-fulfillment can be gained this way and only this way. You can't control the world, but you can control how you achieve satisfaction in it. So take a break recite the mantra - I am better than my mistakes. This is because I can learn from them.

It isn't in anyone's control to change their past mistakes. But what is in their control is to learn from them. Learning from your history is a smarter option than being left in it.

We're better than our mistakes. We're as good as what we learn from them.